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After 20 months after interrupting antiretroviral therapy, HIV was undetectable in the patient’s blood. 
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French researchers have identified a marker that makes it possible to differentiate "dormant" HIV-infected cells from healthy cells. This discovery will make it possible to isolate and analyze reservoir cells which, by silently hosting the virus, are responsible for its persistence even among patients receiving antiviral treatment, whose viral load is undetectable. It offers new therapeutic strategies for targeting infected cells.
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HIV research has come a long way since the disease was discovered in the 1980’s. Triple therapy was a major milestone, and now biotech and pharma have shifted their focuses to finding an HIV cure. We’ve scanned the biotech industry and catalogued promising developments in the field.
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US researchers have produced the first image of the Zika virus in 3D atomic scale, These finding could provide insights to find a cure.
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After stopping treatment 12 years ago, a French teenager born with HIV was still in remission, making it the longest-known case of a pediatric patient living healthfully without antiretroviral drugs. Scientists described the case Monday at the annual International AIDS Society meeting in Vancouver, Canada, saying the news may give credence to the impact of early treatment.
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She’s the third person ever to be cured. Researchers announced that the new approach holds the potential for curing more people of racially diverse backgrounds.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators have approved a first-of-a-kind "artificial pancreas," a device that can help some diabetes patients manage their disease by constantly monitoring their blood sugar and delivering insulin as needed.
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Federal regulators have approved a first-of-a-kind "artificial pancreas," a device that can help some diabetes patients manage their disease by constantly monitoring their blood sugar and delivering insulin as needed.
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Specialized proteins can protect monkeys against the virus for months.
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A single infusion of antibodies can protect monkeys from infection with a virus that is similar to HIV for nearly six months. The finding provides further evidence that antibodies — specialized proteins that the body produces to fight infections — could one day be used as a method to prevent people from becoming infected with HIV.
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A major British discovery is expected to lead to revolutionary bespoke treatments for patients with advanced cancer that could enter trials within two years.
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After 20 months after interrupting antiretroviral therapy, HIV was undetectable in the patient’s blood.
A man known as the “Geneva patient” has become the latest person in the world to be cured of HIV after a stem cell transplant for cancer treatment.
While there have been five other known cases of people who have been cured of HIV - meaning they have been declared in long-term remission - his case is so far unique. He’s the only one who received stem cells from a donor who does not have a rare gene mutation - CCR5 - that blocks HIV from entering cells.